Former City Council candidate Scott Carwile has pleaded guilty to perjury but will face no jail time if he testifies truthfully against two Temple City officials implicated in a bribery scheme, prosecutors said Friday.

Carwile appeared Thursday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to one felony count of failing to report a $3,000 cash donation received around Jan. 22, 2007, said Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman.

Carwile received the cash through former Temple City Mayor Cath Wilson, but may not have known that Wilson was acting as a courier for developer Randy Wang, Huntsman said.

Wilson, reached at her home Friday, said she did not know anything about the alleged January 2007 incident.

“How can I comment when I don’t know anything about it? I have nothing to say,” she said. “I know nothing about this. I’ll talk to my lawyer.”

Carwile, 50, faced a maximum of 7 years and 6 months in prison had he been convicted on four counts of perjury and one misdemeanor count of failing to report a campaign contribution.

He, Wilson and Temple City Councilwoman Judy Wong were arrested last month after a 21-count grand jury indictment was unsealed and accused them of bribery, perjury and other crimes.

The charges stem from Wang’s allegations that Temple City officials, including Wilson, demanded bribes from him in return for their support of his $75 million Piazza project at Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard.

The maximum sentence for perjury is four years in prison, but Carwile will only serve three years of probation and no jail time if a judge determines that he testifies truthfully in court, Huntsman said.

Carwile also has agreed not to run for public office during that time, Huntsman said.

“If he shows up and a judge thinks he lies, he gets two years maximum, and if he doesn’t show up at all he gets up to four years, which is up to the judge (to decide),” Huntsman said.

Carwile is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22. He did not return a call seeking comment Friday.

Carwile runs a mattress company in Arcadia. He ran unsuccessfully for the state Assembly in 2006 and for the City Council in 2007.

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